The Veteran's initial and increased ratings for right leg cellulitis and painful scar associated with coronary artery disease status/post bypass graft are granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the assignment of a 10% disability rating based on intermittent systemic therapy for less than six weeks during the past 12-month period, which is consistent with Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg cellulitis, right leg painful scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20028543
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right ankle and leg cellulitis, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to an in-service condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's right leg cellulitis is rated at a 10 percent disability rating prior to June 15, 2020. From June 15, 2020, the condition warrants no higher than a 10 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for PVD, pes planus, and right leg cellulitis. The Veteran's sleep apnea and migraine headaches remain under consideration.,Further development is needed to determine if the Veteran's sleep apnea and migraine headaches are secondary to his service-connected PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion and obtaining any outstanding VA medical records.
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